Tagged: Earth

What a year on Earth really looks like - Videos

Peter Griffin • Jul 07, 2010 •

• Earth,
• planets,
• solar system

Orbital debris, the ISS, moon and sun - Open Parachute

Ken Perrott • Apr 09, 2010 •

• astronomy,
• Earth,
• International Space Station,
• Low Earth orbit,
• moon,
• Sciblogs,
• space,
• Space debris,
• space station,
• Sun

Here’s an animation showing the accumulation of debris in near earth orbit due to human activity since 1957. It does look very cluttered but remember the articles aren’t to scale. YouTube – Space debris over time. And where is all the junk coming from (click on image to get more detail – thanks to Michæl Paukner’s [...] … Read More